Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/kolě

This Proto-Slavic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Slavic

Alternative forms

• *koli
• *kolь

Etymology

*ko +‎ *li. The first part is the pronoun Proto-Indo-European *kʷos, the second part of the compound is the Slavic particle *li. Cognate with Latin qualis.

Pronoun

*kolě

1. (interrogative) how many?

Descendants

• West Slavic:
  • Old Polish: kile, kiele (remodeled after ile)

Conjunction

*kolě

1. when, as

Descendants

• East Slavic:
  • Belarusian: калі́ (kalí)
  • Russian: ко́ли (kóli, “if”), коли́ (kolí, “when”), коль (kolʹ, “if”)
  • Carpathian Rusyn: коли (koly, “if/when”)
  • Ukrainian: коли́ (kolý)
• South Slavic:
  • Old Church Slavonic:

    Cyrillic: коли (koli), коль (kolĭ)

    Glagolitic: ⰽⱁⰾⰹ (koli)

  • Bulgarian: коле (kole)
  • Slovene: kòli

References

• Vasmer, Max (1964–1973), “коли”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
• Chernykh, P. Ja. (1999), “коли”, in Историко-этимологический словарь русского языка [Historical-Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), 3rd edition, volume 2 (панцирь – ящур), Moscow: Russian Lang., →ISBN, page 117
• Melnychuk, O. S., editor (1982–2012), “kolě”, in Етимологічний словник української мови [Etymological Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language] (in Ukrainian), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka